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I was interested to see you used small cross head screws for fixing the track down- is this temporary before ballast or are you going to concentrate on running stock?

Nick R

HI Nick. in the fiddle yard this is permanent, I have seen lots of benefit for screws instead of pins. Maybe glueing the whole fiddle yard is even better but I haven't got the patient to do that and it's also not needed.

the rest of the layout ( the visible part ) is a different story, then I will use them tempera rely till I have done ballast and scenery.

Had a nice test ' play ' night last night. One of the points didn't do the job properly so I have added some more droppers and that seems to do the job. Fiddle yard is filled now with 27 trains between 70 and 150 cm. I can add 4 x 150 cm extra but will not do this till exit 3 and 4 are finished otherwise it's a serious traffic jam.

this is how it looks with 20 trains

and still space

will keep on testing the next couple of days before I will start with the rest og the layout.

me being a happy chappy and proud to say that I have done quit an endurance test last night over 4 hours with 27 trains and only 2 minor issues, so convinced that everything works as it should do so time to start with the next level

some more progress to report, the whole ramp and the helix are in place

from the last turning to the Helix is 210 cm with a height difference of 3 cm. the helix will all the trains to clime another 16.5 ( 3 layers ) cm to a level of 85 cm, so this shouldn't be any problem for none of my trains.